Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream Looks To Deliver "Large-Scale Multiplayer-Focused Adventure"

Bandai Namco Entertainment has announced that Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream will be released on Nintendo Switch later this year.

After a new system is applied to the world of Alfeheim, a malfunction causes all worlds and timelines to collide.

Kirito and the other players are faced with a unique setting and challenging environment, as, now all lost in uncharted territory, enemies become allies, departed characters are back and unlikely alliances must be formed to survive the world’s dangers.

Dimps is behind what will be “the first large-scale multiplayer-focused adventure based on the popular Sword Art Online series.”

In this cross-play battle action game with “thrilling boss raids and co-op quests”, you can play as your favourite characters from the first three seasons of the animated series and Sword Art Online movies.

The publisher has outlined the game’s key features, which include:

Time and space, displaced: Galaxia, a new system allowing players to relive the past, has been added to ALfheim Online; however, Galaxia spins out of control causing players from all over time and space to be displaced! To set the timeline back on track, Kirito must work with fallen friends…and foes.
Choose your character and join the fight: Each with their own specific role on the battlefield, SAO characters from various arcs are gathered to fight. Team up with a total of 20 players from around the world in 1 of 5 parties comprised of 4 players each for multiplayer co-op action!
Defeat high-difficulty bosses in Raids: True to the Sword Art Online series, join a raid party and prepare for a fight with high-difficulty bosses together! How you prepare for the fight is the key to victory!

Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream will be released at retail and digitally on the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo Switch worldwide in 2024.